Wouldn't surprise me if its the same mentality of the MMR-autism lot over here, in that it couldn't be their faulty genes or a freak spike so lets find someone to blame. The fact that there could be a whole host of causes from the Americans using depleted urainium ammo, malnutrition amongst the mothers, the massive stress upon the mothers of living in such a pleasant part of the world or even sustained inbreeding in that if your marrying your first cousin for several generations your more or less sleeping with your sister.

Listening to Radio 4 earlier (No, I'm not intellectual, my car radio's knackered), in the brand-new local US built hospital a Doctor stated that they weren't just seeing one or two (heart -related) birth defects a month, which is average for a city of that size, but at least 3 a day.

Not got a clue what or what caused it, but that simply isn't a "blip" by any stretch of the imagination, whoever is responsible.

I was thinking the same mate but the U.S government is denying it was used. Funny that because they denied Gulf War syndrome for years until it was finally proven that Depleted uranium rounds were used!!!

It is reported that all the Mothers had been drinking water straight from the Euphrates where a great deal of building rubbish had been thrown.Who knows what else could be polluting the water from further upstream?Was one of Saddam's missing Chemical Weapon dumps damaged in all the fighting?It is true the photos being shown are horrific but it is a little early to apportion the blame until a proper investigation has taken place.